Connelly, a senior field hockey standout for the
Mustangs, was joined on the All-District II team by junior
Lauren Correll, a member of the Salisbury field
hockey team who earned second-team All-District II honors, and Hood
senior swimmer Michelle Leggieri, who earned
third-team All-District recognition.

Connelly helped lead the field hockey team to its best season in
school history as the Mustangs totaled a school record 10 wins
and advanced to the CAC semifinals. She earned All-CAC and
NFHCA All-South Region First Team honors after starting all 20
games and leading the CAC in assists with 11. She also added
two goals.

Off the field, Connelly was named to the NFHCA Academic Squad
after graduating in December with a bachelor of science degree in
biology and a 3.94 grade point average.

In four seasons at Stevenson, Connelly appeared in 73 of
the team's 75 games with 71 starts while totaling 27 points on five
goals and 17 assists. She also earned All-CAC Second Team honors as
a junior.

As a result of her first team selection, Connelly is now
eligible for Academic All-America honors where if chosen, she would
become the first player in school history to be honored as such.

The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)
selects Academic All-America® teams in 12 programs. In most
Academic All-America programs, a first team, second team and third
team are selected in both the University (Division I) and College
(Division II, III, NAIA and 2-year) Divisions.

To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or
important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point
average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution.

Correll is entering her senior year at SU where she
is a physical education major with a 3.88 grade point average.
Correll enjoyed success on the field for the seventh-ranked Sea
Gulls last season as she started all 19 games. Correll led the team
in points (38) and goals scored (18) and game-winning goals (four).

The forward was named a National Field Hockey Coaches
Association (NFHCA) All-American and All-Region performer the past
two seasons. The two-time All-CAC first team performer has landed
on the All-CAC Academic team the past two seasons plus the SU
dean's list.

Correll has been a valuable part of the community through
community outreach programs alongside her field hockey teammates.
She has volunteered at Relay for Life, Sea Gull Century and helped
to donate food in the annual Athletic Training Food Drive and been
a mentor with local youth field hockey programs. In addition, she
is part of several honor societies including Phi Kappa Phi, ODK,
Phi Epsilon Kappa, the SU Athletics Honor Society and the Physical
Education Society.

This is the third academic accolade Correll has received this
spring as she was inducted into the prestigious Chi Alpha Sigma
National College Athletic Honor Society-Zeta Chapter and SU's ODK
chapter in May.

Leggieri first-year member of the swim team was one of two
graduating senior to earn summa cum laude recognition at the 2009
commencement ceremony for her exemplary academic achievement. A
sprinter for the Blazers, her top times included 27.32 in the 50
free, 59.92 in the 100 free, 2:13.16 in the 200 free, 1:07.89 in
the 100 back and 1:19.37 in the 100 breast. She owned the team's
top times in the 50 free and was second-fastest in the 100 free.
She captured top honors in the 100 free twice and 50 free twice in
dual meet action and was Hood's top finisher at the Capital
Athletic Conference championships in the 100 back and the 50 free.
Earlier this month, she was also inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma
national scholar-athlete honor society.